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BURMA JOURNEY

 

"quite unlike any land that one knows about" - Rudyard Kipling.

17 memorable days

Escorted Tours

Tour dates:

23 July - 8 August, 2010

Tour leader:

Escorted from New Zealand by Mandy Page

Tour price:

$6,400 (est.) per person, share twin

Single Supplement:

 

$1,300 (est.)

Tour price includes

  • All airfares and taxes
  • 1 night in Singapore at the start & 1 night at the end
  • Accommodation in 3-star and 4-star hotels (and 2-star hotel in Pindaya)
  • All meals in Burma
  • Visa for Burma
  • Group tipping
  • Services of English-speaking local guides
  • Assistance of your kiwi tour leader, Mandy Page


Highlights

  • Be enchanted by the friendly, peaceful Burmese people.
  • Gaze at the spectacular sight of the huge gold bell-shaped Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon.
  • Bargain hunt at local markets.
  • Walk through the Pindaya Caves, full of thousands of Buddha images.
  • Visit a local family producing Shan paper and parasols.
  • Enjoy a boat trip on Inle Lake – a photographer’s dream!
  • Appreciate panoramic views from Mandalay Hill.
  • Horse cart through the site of the ancient city of Inwa.
  • Visit a famous Buddhist monastery, where more than a thousand monks live and study.
  • Enjoy Mandalay's interesting cottage industries, such as Burmese candy making and gold leaf making.
  • Be awed by the wondrous sight of 3,000 temples on the plains of Bagan.
  • Board a small boat for a cruise on the mighty Ayeyarwaddy river.
  • Visit a lacquer craftsman’s workshop.
  • Go out to a farming village on the outskirts of Bagan.
 







 
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